On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 01:49:39PM +0000, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Rob Mahurin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > On Thu, Nov 25, 1999 at 03:09:49AM +0100, luis wrote: > > > > > > (how) can i power on a remote machine (via internet) using a modem ? > > >
Well, here's the little I can offer. My desktop supposedly supports this feature. Here are some of the caveats requirements. Note, I'm taking this from my motherboard specs (Intel SE440BX), so some items may vary. * You must have a motherboard that supports "Wake on Ring" * You must have a BIOS that supports Advanced Power Management * You must have an ATX-compliant power supply that supports remote power-on/off. * You must have a modem configured on COM1 (ttyS0) - BIOS configured presumably. * APM must be enabled in the BIOS * You must have an operating system that supports APM and can request soft-power off - as opposed to normal hard power off. If properly set-up. The first call will wake the system, while a second call will be required to actually make a connection. My experience with full-blown APM with Linux on my desktop led to some mostly minor, but annoying problems. So, I only have it set-up to do power-off. However, I assume laptop user's do this all the time, so I may have had something incorrectly configured. I don't really have a need for this feature, so I haven't investigated it further. I suggest you get some documentation on your motherboard and power supply. That's the only way you'll know if the system may be able to do this. -- +----------------------------------------------------+ | Eric G. Miller egm2@jps.net | | GnuPG public key: http://www.jps.net/egm2/gpg.asc | +----------------------------------------------------+
